A chaotic secret hides within this seemingly serene image of spiral galaxy NGC 4698 taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and released on Sept. 18, 2026. As a spiral galaxy like our own Milky Way galaxy, NGC 4698 has spiral arms that curl around within a thin disk of stars, gas, and dust. These arm

The James Webb Space Telescope captured NGC 346, a star-forming region about 210,000 light years away. One of the features of the region resembles a dragon. Learn more about it in this NASA tour. VIDEO: Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI) MUSIC: High Street Music SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Olivia C. Jones (U

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China's Wide Field Survey Telescope has captured an amazing view of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing view of the planet Uranus, its rings and moons. Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) snapped the imagery. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Going Home fo

Carbon-capture technology repurposed for breweries spreads and finds new applications

NASA announced the winners of the Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table Thursday, with the top $300,000 prize being awarded to Chinyere Ukeje of Philadelphia, Pa. for the Adaptive Nourishment Infrastructure (ANI) food system concept. This competition challenged solvers to explore innovative solut

Amazing views from a SpaceX Starship launch on Integrated Flight Test 3 from their Starbase facility in South Texas. This was during a conducted static fire test ahead of a flight. Credit: SpaceX

In this Aug. 27, 2026, image, an Alta-X drone flies an advanced guidance and navigation system known as the Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) experiment near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center

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See the view of the flight 10 Starship launch from a camera on the launch mount. The SpaceX megarocket launched from Starbase, Texas. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com's[Steve Spaleta

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) has joined forces to deliver a new view of the Butterfly Nebula, located about 3400 light-years away. Credit:ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Matsuura, J. Kastner, K. Noll, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), N. Hirano, J.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy UGC 2890. The "galaxy lies around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis," according to the Hubble team. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick | mash mix by Space.com Music: Stargazed by August Wilhelmsson /

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics), is advancing to the next phase of development. This space telescope is the first in a new class of NASA astrophysics missions, called Probe Explorers, within

How do astronauts grow food in space with hydroponics? NASA's Veggie, Advanced Plant Habitat, and XROOTS systems replace soil and gravity with engineered water channels, LED lighting, and mist-fed roots - growing lettuce, peppers, and wheat on the ISS and paving the way for Moon and Mars missions.

The International Space Station recovers about 98 percent of its water, turning urine, sweat, and cabin humidity back into drinking water. This explainer walks through the three systems that make the loop work and why it matters for the Moon and Mars.

You do not need a telescope to capture craters and texture on the Moon. With a phone, a steady pair of binoculars, and the right exposure settings, you can take a sharp lunar photo in one evening.

The International Space Station is bright, fast, and easy to spot once you know when to look. Here is how tracker apps work, how to read a pass prediction, and how to catch your first sighting tonight.

Webb does not see visible light the way your eyes do. Its colours are assigned to infrared wavelengths, and they carry real information about distance and dust.

There is no up or down on the space station, so astronauts sleep in tethered bags in phone-booth-sized cabins, on a strict schedule despite 16 sunrises a day.

Mars dust storms can blot out the Sun for weeks. Rovers survive by saving power, parking safely, and waiting for the sky to clear.

Starship returns through the atmosphere at enormous speed, protected by thousands of hexagonal heat shield tiles. Here is how they handle the heat.

A lunar eclipse darkens the Moon, a solar eclipse darkens the Sun, and the geometry behind them is almost the mirror image. Here is how each one works.